Steve Oxenrider's James Bond collection to be sold via Ewbanks auctions

By: Anders Frejdh

Published:
2023-10-17

Steve Oxenrider, James Bond Collection, Ewbanks

After much consideration, FSWL contributor Steve Oxenrider, a big American collector of James Bond memorabilia, has decided to sell his big 007 collection through a series of Ewbanks auctions in the UK.

Ewbanks have been holding dedicated James Bond 007 auctions for years but this is the big one. Their greatest Bond auction of all time, a two-sale series of auctions of Bond memorabilia from one of the world’s biggest 007 collectors, Steve Oxenrider.

Highlights in the auction of Steve Oxenrider's collection

• Dr. No (1962) UK Exhibitors' Campaign Book, 25 x 36 cm. Estimate: £500 - £800. Starting Bid: £240
• Dr. No / Thunderball (1972) British Quad double bill film poster, starring Sean Connery, folded, 30 x 40 inches. Estimate: £500 - £800. Starting Bid: £240
• Dr. No / From Russia with Love (1965) British Quad double bill film poster, starring Sean Connery, United Artists, folded, 30 x 40 inches. Estimate: £800 - £1,200. Starting Bid: £400
• Dr. No (1962) British Quad film poster for the first James Bond film, illustration by Mitchell Hooks, starring Sean Connery as 007, folded, 30 x 40 inches. Estimate: £12,000 - £15,000. Starting Bid: £6,000

• From Russia with Love (1964) British Double Crown Advance Style A film poster, folded, 20 x 30 inches. Joseph Caroff designed this 007 logo, commissioned by United Artists for press release letterheads for Dr. No (1962). The image was so... Estimate: £6,000 - £8,000. Starting Bid: £3,000
• From Russia with Love (1963) UK Exhibitors' Campaign Book, 25 x 37 cm. Estimate: £500 - £800. Starting Bid: £240

• Goldfinger (1964) British Quad film poster, Style B (Hand), artwork by Robert Brownjohn, folded, 30 x 40 inches. This scarcely seen poster displays the rare style B design - James Bond (Sean Connery) and Goldfinger / Thunderball / Thunderbird 6 (1968) British Triple-bill Quad film poster starring Sean Connery as James Bond 007 and Gerry Andersons Thunderbirds characters, folded, 30 x 40 inches. Estimate: £300 - £500. Starting Bid: £150
Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman) proj... Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000. Starting Bid: £2,400
• Goldfinger (1964) British Quad film poster, Style A, art by Robert Brownjohn, starring Sean Connery, United Artists, folded, 30 x 40 inches. Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000. Starting Bid: £1,500
• Goldfinger / For a Few Dollars More (1969) British Quad double bill film poster, folded, 30 x 40 inches. Estimate: £400 - £600. Starting Bid: £200
• Goldfinger (1964) UK Exhibitors' Campaign Book, 25 x 37 cm. Estimate: £500 - £800. Starting Bid: £240

• Thunderball (1965) Advance British Quad film poster, The design features two panels of poster illustration on the left by Frank McCarthy and two on the right by Robert McGinnis. The poster was designed with the intention that it would be c... Estimate: £12,000 - £15,000. Starting Bid: £6,000
• Thunderball (1965) British Quad film poster, starring Sean Connery, artwork by Robert McGinnis, United Artists, folded, 30 x 40 inches. Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000. Starting Bid: £1,500
• Thunderball / You Only Live Twice (R-1968) British Quad film poster, folded, 30 x 40 inches. Estimate: £500 - £800. Starting Bid: £240
• Thunderball (1965) Gala Charity Premiere... Estimate: £700 - £1,000. Starting Bid: £340

• You Only Live Twice (1967) British Quad film poster, Style C (Bathtub) starring Sean Connery, folded, 30 x 40 inches. Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000. Starting Bid: £1,500
• You Only Live Twice / From Russia with Love... Estimate: £500 - £800. Starting Bid: £240
• You Only Live Twice (1960's) British Quad film poster, alternate yellow version, United Artists, folded, 30 x 40 inches. Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500. Starting Bid: £750
• You Only Live Twice (1967) British Quad film poster, Style A (Volcano), starring Sean Connery, folded, 30 x 40 inches. Estimate: £800 - £1,200. Starting Bid: £400
• You Only Live Twice (1967) Royal World Charity Premiere brochure from Odeon Theatre Leicester Square on Monday 12th June 1967. Estimate: £500 - £800. Starting Bid: £240
• You Only Live Twice (1967) UK Exhibitors' Campaign Book, 31 x 46 cm. Estimate: £400 - £600. Starting Bid: £200

• On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) Royal World Premiere brochure for Odeon, Leicester Square on Thursday 18th December 1969. Estimate: £400 - £600. Starting Bid: £200
• Diamonds Are Forever (1971) Gala Scottish Premiere brochure for Odeon Theatre, Edinburgh January 14th, 1972, and a ticket for The DeMille Theatre December 9th, 1971 (2). Estimate: £400 - £600. Starting Bid: £200
• Live and Let Die (1973) Royal World Charity Premiere brochure for Odeon Leicester Square July 5th, 1973. Signed on the front by Paul and Linda McCartney (some fading). Estimate: £400 - £600. Starting Bid: £200
• The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) Royal Charity Premiere brochure at Odeon Theatre Leicester Square, 19th December 1974, with a ticket to the premiere and the press show (3). Estimate: £500 - £800. Starting Bid: £240
• The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) UK Double Crown film poster, text format and uses the metallic silver ink that also features on the UK Quad poster, folded, 20 x 30 inches. Estimate: £600 - £800. Starting Bid: £300
• The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) UK Double Crown film poster, Odeon Leicester Square format and uses the metallic silver ink that also features on the UK Quad poster, folded, 20 x 30 inches. Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500. Starting Bid: £500

About the seller

Steve Oxenrider is a retired educator from the USA, a world traveller and a life-long James Bond fan and collector. In 58 years, he has amassed thousands of Bond posters, stills, publicity and press material, toys and merchandising, programs, magazines, books, records and autographs. He has interviewed more than 100 Bond cast and crew and contributed to many books and fan publications including From Sweden with Love. He is also credited for some of the supplementary extras on several of the Bond DVDs.

FSWL reader Blair Ballard (The Bond Vivant) previews part I of The Steve Oxenrider Bond Collection

Save the date for part one of this series: 16th & 17th November. Part two follows in spring 2024. Preview at Ewbanks website.

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Steve Oxenrider's James Bond collection to be sold via Ewbanks auctions

Highlights in the auction of Steve Oxenrider's collection

About the seller

FSWL reader Blair Ballard (The Bond Vivant) previews part I of The Steve Oxenrider Bond Collection

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